Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1998 1-Month |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1998 2-Month |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2020 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1998 3-Month |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
-0.26" (-6.61mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1995, 2002 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1998 4-Month |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2002, 2020 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1998 5-Month |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1998 6-Month |
5.63" (143.00mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2002 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1998 7-Month |
7.80" (198.12mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
2.87" (72.90mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2002 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1998 8-Month |
11.95" (303.53mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
3.81" (96.77mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2008 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1998 9-Month |
23.45" (595.63mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
11.46" (291.08mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1998 10-Month |
30.42" (772.67mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
14.18" (360.17mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2013 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Dec 1997–Oct 1998 11-Month |
33.38" (847.85mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
13.51" (343.15mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Oct 1998 12-Month |
37.33" (948.18mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
14.89" (378.20mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1997–Oct 1998 18-Month |
40.96" (1,040.38mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
15.21" (386.33mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Oct 1998 24-Month |
63.33" (1,608.58mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
18.46" (468.88mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1995–Oct 1998 36-Month |
89.67" (2,277.62mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
22.38" (568.45mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2014 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1994–Oct 1998 48-Month |
125.27" (3,181.86mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
35.80" (909.32mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2015 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1993–Oct 1998 60-Month |
140.21" (3,561.33mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
28.56" (725.42mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1991 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/